Learning Mentor

  • Houstone School
  • £25,090.00 - £25,884.00 Annually (FTE) AS 5-7 £25,090-£25,884 FTE pro rata £21,773-£22,462
  • Parkside Drive, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, LU5 5PX / East of England
  • Full Time

Job Details

Learning Mentor

We are looking to recruit an outstanding and committed professional Learning Mentor to join our Pastoral team who believe young people deserve the very best quality of education. We are seeking someone with very high expectations who loves working with young people and is ambitious to see them achieve.

The Pastoral team work with teachers and other support staff, ‘going the extra mile’ to ensure that we provide the very best for our pupils and families. It is important to us that you buy into and share the ethos and vision of the school.

Our trust is known for its ‘no excuses, can-do’ culture that seeks to prepare all of its pupils to have the opportunity of a pathway to university. If you are passionate about helping all pupils, regardless of background, to achieve this, then this could be the role for you.

The ideal candidate will be a resilient team player with a can-do attitude, will be flexible, organised and able to use their own initiative and problem-solve.

KEY DUTIES

To be responsible for providing one-to-one or group or class support to pupils with barriers to learning and SEND.

To carry out innovative & effective intervention programmes under the leadership of the SENDCo and in line with Houstone School’s ethos of high expectations

To be responsible for effective administration duties where necessary

JOB SPECIFICS

Start date: Asap

Salary: AS 5- 7 £25,090-£25,884 FTE Actual pro rata salary £21,773-£22,462

Job role: Permanent, Full time, Term time + Inset days, 39 weeks, 37 hours per week (Hours: 8.15am – 4.15pm with ½ hour unpaid for lunch Monday-Thursday & 8.15am – 3.45pm on a Friday with 1/2 hour unpaid for lunch)

WHY HOUSTONE SCHOOL?

Houstone School is a brand new secondary school, which opened in September 2022, we opened with pupils in Year 7-10, and from September 2023 we have pupils in all year groups.

At Houstone, our values of aspiration, endeavour, and respect, underpinned by very high expectations and drive in everything that we do. We have a powerful culture which is warm but strict, based on clear routines, systems, and structures. As a result, our teachers enjoy their teaching with impeccable behaviour in lessons and hardworking, highly motivated pupils.

The successful candidate will be intrinsic in further developing a school that will offer families a genuine choice of an excellent education for their child, including:

A disciplined “can do” culture that allows every student to be known, feel safe, and be cared for

An intensive focus on the basics of reading, writing and maths

An academic, knowledge-rich curriculum that values the distinctiveness of subject disciplines

Excellent quality, evidence-based classroom practice

High quality PSHE provision

Plentiful, high quality enrichment opportunities, including trips, visits, after-school clubs and sporting fixtures

SAFEGUARDING

We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:

“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”

The definition of ‘children’ includes everyone under the age of 18.

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

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